Easiest Way to Make Perfect Key Lime Pound Cake

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Key Lime Pound Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Key Lime Pound Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have key lime pound cake using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Get 1 cup salted butter, softened
2. Get 1/2 cup shortening
3. Make ready 3 cups sugar
4. Get 6 large eggs
5. Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
6. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Get 1 cup milk
8. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
9. Take 1 tsp lime zest
10. Take 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
11. Prepare For Key lime glaze:
12. Get 1 cup powdered sugar
13. Make ready 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
14. Get 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For this key lime pound cake, I opted to use all butter instead of my usual butter-shortening duo. Something about all-butter pound cakes with You won't find any lime jello in this key lime pound cake. Sure artificial lime can boost the lime flavor and give it a green color, but there is nothing like. Key lime glazed pound cake whisks you away to that tropical paradise and is the perfect recipe for entertaining guests in the summer time.

Steps to make Key Lime Pound Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Cream together butter and shortening. Gradually add sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time beating until just blended.
3. Stir flour, baking soda together in separate bowl and add alternatively with milk by starting with flour and ending with flour until just blended. Do not over mix. Stir in lime juice, vanilla, and lime zest.
4. Pour batter into 10 inch greased and floured tube pan or fluted pan. Bake at 325°F for an hour and 15 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10-15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack.
5. Mix together key lime glaze until smooth and pour over cake while warm.

Sure artificial lime can boost the lime flavor and give it a green color, but there is nothing like. Key lime glazed pound cake whisks you away to that tropical paradise and is the perfect recipe for entertaining guests in the summer time. Made this Key Lime Pound Cake yesterday and was a little leary about the temperature and cooking time but to my surprise. This key lime ( or regular lime!) cake is made with fresh fruit juice, and zest. It's completely homemade, and perfect for any occasion!

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